good morning, america. this morning, fighting back. former democratic presidential hopeful, john edwards, says he broke no laws and will fight the charges against him vigorously. so, the question this morning, can the government prove he used campaign funds illegally to take care of his mistress? we have the latest. double-dip. new fears this morning that the economy is sliding backwards. unemployment is up. the stock market is down. are we heading towards a double-dip recession? the jailhouse tapes. it's the video that captivated the jury. why is casey anthony laughing in these jailhouse conversations? her strange and perplexing behavior behind bars, all caught on tape. and "operation cupcake." these are the tasty, top-secret cupcakes that may helped thwart a terror attack.

are these women the james bonds of baking? i love the story about the bakery. two sisters innocently running a bakery in ohio. all of a sudden, they get roped into an international spy caper. >> amazing story. i love it. can't wait to get into that later in the show. and we have a much less amusing story about our food supply this morning. the deadliest outbreak of e. coli ever. it started over in europe. but there's now suspected cases here in america. so, the question this morning, how worried should we be? >> a lot of concern about that. also this morning, a completely different level. what happens when you take dan's two fields of expertise, religion and animals, and combine them into one? you get the monks of new skete, a monastery where monks are having amazing success training pups.

we'll meet these spiritual dog whisperers who use divine intermention to make these pooches as angelic as can be. of course, that's coming up in the show. we begin with disgraced presidential hopeful, john edwards and court charges he used $1 million of campaign funds to hide an affair during his 2008 white house run. now, the former star of the democratic party is fighting back. and bob woodruff has more from chapel hill, north carolina. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. for weeks now, the negotiations has been going back and forth between john edwards' lawyers and the department of justice. whether this would be a full-on indictment. or would this be a plea bargain? where john edwards would have to actually plead guilty to a felony in exchange for not going to jail. but yesterday, john edwards said no way. john edwards is leaving no doubt. he will fight these charges. and he says he will win. >> i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life, the pain and the

harm that i've caused. but i did not break the law. and i never, ever thought that i was breaking the law. >> reporter: but the government says he did break the law, indicting him on six counts, including conspiracy and giving false statements. at issue, hundreds of thousands of dollars given to him by supporters, that were then allegedly used to essentially hide edwards' mistress, rielle hunter. edwards claims he was hiding the affair and the child he fathered with hunter, for personal reasons, to protect his wife and family. and that money was a gift. but the government alleges he was hiding them for political reasons. that the revelation of an affair would, quote, destroy his candidacy. and there are limits on donor funds for political purposes. limits he broke. the indictment lays out how the money was spent, to keep hunter

away from the attention of the media and in the lap of luxury. and in just one month alone, the government claims $183,000 was spent in keeping hunter out of the public eye, on private jets and luxury hotels. to help the cover-up, the government claims edwards asked his campaign aide, andrew young, to pretend he was the father of the baby. >> he also asked me to arrange for a fake paternity test. >> reporter: and in the indictment, prosecutors point to our interview with edwards as proof that he lied about being the father. a report had been published that the baby of miss hunter is your baby. true? >> that is absolutely not true. >> reporter: edwards was later forced to admit that was his child, a revelation that did tear his family apart, leading to a separation from his wife, elizabeth. but as he left court on friday, there was this, his oldest daughter, kate, standing by his side. now, they're able to actually go home. they don't have to post bond and get out of there.

the one thing they did have to do under the orders of the court, was he had to pass over his passport. and he's not allowed to get another one again. he actually can't leave the country. he has to stay within the continental u.s., which means he can't even fly to alaska or hawaii. one of the witnesses, he's not able to talk to, bunny mellon, who is one of the ones that could become a witness in the actual trial. he's not able to talk to her. the possibility of him still being able to influence her. now, looking right now, dan, as if this trial is going to start on july 11th. and this could be very, very big. >> and very soon. bob woodruff, who's been covering the story so aggressively since the beginning. bob, thank you. for more, now, on the incredible case, we're joined now from washington, by legal analyst, roger cossack. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so, john edwards, as we all know, a very experienced, a very wealthy trial attorney. he knows the law. he must understand or he must feel he can beat the charges, or he would have agreed to a plea deal, right? >> absolutely.

it's a rather novel theory that the government is coming up with. what they're saying is that the money that never went to the john edwards for president campaign committee, but went, instead, to andrew young, his assistant, and then was sort of laundered by his wife. that money, was to keep the affair secret, was, in fact, to further his campaign. because as the government says, it would have destroyed his campaign if it would have come out. normally, you think of campaign funds as money to give so you can be on television. this was the opposite. this was money given so that affairs could be kept secret, which would, as the government says, destroy his campaign. it's a novel theory. >> some people, some experts, have said this the government is likely to be embarrassed because the case is so flimsy. i wonder, though, will the prosecutors be helped because the jury may find john edwards so objectionable because he was cheating on a wife that had cancer and later died? >> there's always that possibility.

the first attack is going to be made by the lawyers to dismiss the case, saying it doesn't state a criminal cause of action. that what happened is not covered by the federal election laws. in fact, the former chairman of the federal election commission, has come out and say it doesn't violate the federal election laws. now, he has been retained by john edwards. but nevertheless, he has made an official statement saying, as far as he is concerned, this doesn't violate any laws. >> and if john edwards loses, just to put a fine point on this, we are going to see a former potential contender for the presidency of the united states, go to prison, right? >> possibly. you know, this is a nonviolent crime. while there certainly is -- this is the kind of crime that judges get upset about, he's very -- he was, at least, very popular in north carolina. a very, very successful lawyer there. so, i think to be talking about him going to prison just yet is a little premature.

>> okay. but as we said, this trial is coming up pretty soon. roger cossack, thank you for your analysis this morning. bianna, over to you. we're going to turn to what seems like a sharp slowdown in our economic recovery. only 54,000 jobs were created in may, far less than expected. and the unemployment rate ticked up again to 9.1%. and here's why this is such a disappointment. take a look down here at these job numbers for the past three months. february, up 235,000. march, up 194,000. and in april, up 232,000. there really was a sense the recovery was picking up steam, until the newest numbers right here. coupled out with a series of bad reports out this week. housing prices at a nine-year low. gas prices still 39% higher than a year ago. and on wall street, the dow dropped 290 points this week, the fifth-straight week of losses. president obama reacted to the

negative numbers in his weekly address this morning. >> we're facing some tough issues. whether it's high gas prices, the earthquake in japan, and unease about the european fiscal situation. that's going to happen from time to time. and joining me to talk about all these numbers and what they mean, is liz ann sonders, chief investment strategist at charles schwab. welcome. thanks so much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> for the last several months we seemed to be on a path towards recovery. what happened in may? >> from a jobs perspective, it reflects a lot of what has been happening since the beginning of the year. a lot of it are long-term factors, like the debt crisis. the shorter-term factors that i don't think people realize, what a big hit it cost the economy and jobs was japan. and then, horrific weather in the winter. and those are transitory factors. they're starting to improve. >> there's an argument it can be a one-time blip. that doesn't explain the poor housing numbers we saw, the bad auto manufacturing. >> auto and manufacturing, japan has a lot to do with that. it was a major disruption to the global supply chain.

the third-largest economy. the impact was much more severe than a lot of people thought. housing, we're not pulling out yet. so, to see continued weak housing numbers is not a big surprise. i think housing is likely to be a double-dip. i think we'll avoid it in the broader economy. >> so, for those worried about the double-dip, you say this is not the time to worry about it. >> i think we're experiencing a soft patch in the economy, not all that different from what we saw last summer. it's very interesting timing that may last year kicked off concerns about a double-dip. we ended up being in a soft patch. confidence improved. we saw improvement in the fall. and i don't think we'll see much different this time. >> you can't expect to see confidence improving now. what do you say to the 9.1% of americans looking for a job after the numbers yesterday? >> the last several years, the private sector has done a tremendous job in starting to become more financially fit, as we say at schwab. and i think consumers should continue to do that. the last thing we want to see,

we want to take on debt again and increase our consumption, which drove the last recovery. so, i think people want to continue to be conservative. they want to continue to keep that level down. don't get aggressive with tacking on new debt or consumption. and if that means that the economy only grows at a 2% to 3% rate, but we continue to get our financial house in order, i think that's a good thing for the long-term health of the economy. >> you mentioned debt. the big elephant in the room is raising that debt ceiling. we'll see what plays out there. liz ann, thank you so much. we appreciate you coming in. now, to the deadliest e. coli outbreak on record. people in 12 countries are now sick with a rare strain of e. coli. the outbreak started in northern germany more than a month ago. now, more than 1,700 cases have been recorded. and 18 people have died. so, how worried should we be in america? "gma" medical contributor, dr. marie savard, is here to talk about that this morning. >> hi, dan. >> so, should we be worried?

>> good news. so far, there's been no confirmed cases in the united states. and the four suspected cases, all four of them were in northern germany. >> those people had recently been in northern germany. >> that's right. in fact, one of the four was flying back to this country when they got sick. >> should we be taking the precautions we normally do? when we hear about e. coli? washing our food and things like that? >> the fda has stepped up surveillance of the incoming food, specifically the lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes, which are the suspected foods, but we're not sure, coming from both germany and spain. and we were assured yesterday, there were no reports of any identification of this new strain. so, i think we can be assured that we're okay at this point. but we need to continue to be -- to watch closely, in terms of food. >> why is this strain so deadly? >> well, there does seem to be something different about it. this is a rare and unusual strain. the more typical ones have a shorter incubation period. that means they begin within

three to four days. this one, it looks like the incubation period is 7 to 12 days. so, you might be exposed to something and it's almost two weeks before you get sick. it's harder to find the source. and then, something about women. more women, 71% of women, are affected. and adult, healthy women. usually, it's young children or the elderly. we're not sure why that is. it might be they're more exposed to the products, whatever that is. we don't know what's causing it. the united states is stepping up surveillance. and i think that's the important thing. >> and they said in germany, they think the outbreak is on the wane. but let me ask you, nonetheless, are there things we should be doing? and what are those things? >> there are. for food safety in general, it's not going to work perfectly when it comes to e. coli. wash your food and vegetables. second, wash your hands. it's not going to completely prevent it. cook, if in doubt. it will get rid of the e. coli. and will certainly get rid of it in meat and vegetables. and finally, if you can, peel the vegetables. that will help. none of this will eliminate it. it could be inside the

vegetables, depending on the contamination. we don't know. but there are things we can do. and i think be assured the usda is checking this out. >> some of the things we should be doing anyway. mr. marie savard. good to see you this morning. let's check the other headlines of the morning now, with tanya rivero. >> good morning. firefighters in arizona battling two of the largest wildfires in the state's history, could get help today. both fires burned summer homes, sending smoke more than 200 miles away. hundreds of people have been evacuated. many more have been warned they may have to leave. and today marks one year since 7-year-old kyron horman vanished from his elementary school in portland, oregon. kyron's mother issued a statement this morning, thanking everyone who helped look for him. about 27,000 hours have been spent investigating his disappearance. the lab technician who

pleaded guilty to killing a yale graduate student has been sentenced to 44 years in prison. raymond clark apologized for strangling annie le, but offered no explanation. le was discovered in a lab in 2009, on what would have been her wedding day. students at a high school graduation in texas today will be allowed to lead a public prayer. a federal appeals court has reversed the ban on praying at the ceremony. an agnostic family had sued the school district to block it. and finally, some tigers in florida are living in the lap of luxury. the eight tigers at the st. augustine wild reserve, are treated to bubble baths twice a week. the water helps cool them down in the summer, while the bubble bath keeps them smelling good. some of the scents are lavender, and milk and honey. sweet-smelling tigers. what would be better? >> how lucky are they? >> i love the fact they hop right in. and apparently the lavender smell keeps the flies away. >> really? >> you have that written into

your contract? bubble baths? >> oh, boy. getting rough in here this morning. jackie meretsky, how are you doing this morning? how is the weather? it's hot out there in some parts of the country. >> let's talk more about dan and his lavender bubble bath. all right. it is hot. bianna, you can tell your friends in houston, not a good hair day today, because it is extremely humid. in fact, taking a look at our live shot. thanks very much, ktrk, for this beautiful shot of downtown houston. 76 degrees already. the sun's just coming up. and you should get up to about 98 today. that could break a record. we have a heat advisory stretching across the south, from st. louis all the way down to new orleans. topping out at 95 in dallas. and our big story in the west is this upper-level low, situated off the coast of northern california. california has had some very wild weather the past few days. once the flow gets on to the coast we could look at more severe storms, as early as sunday.

and, dan and bianna, we'll look at possible severe weather in the tropics, coming up. >> all right, jackie. thank you. we're going to turn, now, to "operation cupcake." the sweet treat we love to eat is now playing a role in keeping us safe from al qaeda. >> i love this story. it's about how one bakery's secret recipe made it into an even more secret anti-terror operation.

here's rob nelson. >> reporter: they are spy's secret weapons. james bond and his aston martin. jason bourne and his lightning-fast reflexes. and, sarah forer and her mojito cupcakes. >> it's a white rum cake, with lime and mint, just like the drink, but sweeter. >> now, pay attention, please. >> reporter: move over q. meet kimberly martin and sarah forer. owners of main street cupcakes in rocky river, ohio. their top-secret concoctions helped thwart terrorists half a world away. so, how does betty crocker meet robert ludlam? operation cupcake, is two parts spy manual and one pint cookbook. this is the target. a website for al qaeda where wannabe terrorists swap plans. these are the players, the agents of mi-6, the united kingdom's version of the cia. to take down the website, they hack in and switch out bombmaking recipes with a jumble of codes. decipher those codes and would-be terrorists get this. recipes not for bombs. but for the ohio bakery's famous mojito cupcakes.

>> i got an alert on my phone. and was not happy to see main street cupcakes in the same sentence as al qaeda. >> reporter: why main street? because they were featured on "the ellen degeneres show's" website, as the best cupcakes in america. how do they feel about being caught up in this international intrigue? >> we found this to be a surreal experience. i assure you, there is nothing sinister behind our cupcake shop. >> reporter: this gives new meaning to the phrase, this cupcake's the bomb. for "gma," rob nelson, abc news, new york. >> naturally, we wanted to have some of those delicious cupcakes here on set. so, we contacted the bakery in ohio. guess what they told us. the recipe is so secret, they will not share it with us. >> but somehow british intelligence got ahold of it. >> not us. >> they have their methods. >> they do. coming up, divine canine. how the monks at this monastery make a spiritual connection to puppies and train them to be

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coming up on "good morning america," we'll introduce you to some monks and some german shepherds. and you'll see the bond these two have. it's quite incredible. they breed german shepherds. and they also have an obedience school. >> people from all over bring their dogs. >> and they train them well. let me tell you. i was impressed. also coming up, one of our favorite segments. we do this every week. "your week in three words." a lot of people sending in their three words this week. and we have music from the band called foster the people. keep it here.

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♪ isn't that the cutest thing ever? a german shepherd puppy. i had the best day in upstate new york, with the monks of new skete. they train dogs. they breed german shepherds. they send these dogs in for three-week programs for obedience training. and the first thing the owners say is, that's not my dog. >> they're that good. >> look at that face. >> i know. that's not one of the dogs that needs training. >> no. that's the dog i wanted to take home with me. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. >> and i'm dan harris. it's saturday, june 4th. also coming up this morning, love for the country and a motivational message. that and much more, when we take

a look at "your week in three words." first on this saturday morning, court is in session today, in the casey anthony murder trial. the state has been calling crime scene investigators to testify against the 25-year-old who is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter. our ashleigh banfield has been in the courtroom from the start of this trial. she has the latest, now, from orlando. ashleigh, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, dan. the forensics case is really going to be the order of the day because prosecutors have started trotting out all of that hard evidence from the trunk of casey anthony's car. that's the place they say casey's little girl was decomposing after her mother killed her. and once again, dan, the courtroom was transfixed by those jailhouse tapes. laughter and giggles from a murder defendant who was supposed to be grieving her missing daughter. instead, casey anthony seemed oblivious, if not perplexed by her parents' emotional agony. >> why is she crying already?

>> reporter: in a series of jailhouse visits, casey becomes more and more agitated with her parents. >> mom. >> reporter: and the desperate attempts to extract information about caylee. >> they need to have something to go on. >> do you understand how i feel? i am upset now. i'm not in control over any of this. can someone let me -- come on. >> reporter: as cindy anthony doubles over with grief and frustration, casey stonewalls. and barely reacts to the suggestion caylee may have drowned. that is now casey's defense. yet, she continues to string them along that caylee is missing. >> someone just said that caylee was dead this morning, that she drowned in the pool. that's the newest story out there. >> surprise, surprise. >> reporter: casey then turns the attention to herself. >> i'm just as much a victim as

the rest of you. and it hasn't been portrayed that way. >> reporter: the tapes dealt a huge blow to casey's defense, that her father, george, was complicit in covering up the child's death. he's denied that. >> do you have any ideas besides posters, billboards, shirts? i've got a little bracelet on right now, that says helpfindcaylee.com. there's a trust fund set aside for her. so, realize, we're trying. >> dad, it's not your fault. you know how much i love you. how much i've always loved you. you'll always be my buddy, even besides my dad. >> reporter: once the emotional tapes ended, the hard evidence came out. pieces of the trunk of casey's car. >> what is contained in article 22? >> reporter: and canisters that prosecutors claim contain the smell of a decomposing child. and also, very key, a single hair that was found in the trunk. dan, the prosecutors says there's postmortem banding on it.

and they're going to bring an fbi expert on the stand today, to talk about why that means the hair came from a dead body and not a live body. >> ashleigh, i know you've been on the case since the beginning. i wonder how is the defense going to possibly explain these tapes? >> it is an uphill battle. it is their biggest problem. but they've said all along that casey's behavior is odd. in fact, she's almost pathological in her lying, they say, because she was a victim of sexual abuse by her father and her brother all her life. her father has denied this. but that's their reason. they're really going to push that. >> do we think the prosecution feels that these tapes are the strongest part of their case? >> i think they probably think the tapes are incredible for them. but let's not forget. they have a big hole in this case, too, dan. they have some really tough slugging ahead, as well. it might look like she's a person who is not mourning the loss of a child. whether it's a murdered child or an accidentally dead child. but they still don't have an

absolute connection to murder. >> ashleigh banfield, really appreciate your reporting and your analysis this morning. thank you very much. and let's get a check of the morning's other headlines, now, once again with tanya rivero, in for ron claiborne. >> good morning. in the news, former presidential candidate, john edwards, says he did not break the law and will fight the charges against him. edwards pleaded not guilty to charges he illegally used campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress. and a new jersey amusement park will reopen today, a day after an 11-year-old girl died when she fell from a ferris wheel. the ferris wheel will remain closed until the cause of her fall is determined. the nfl and the players were back in court friday. the players urged a federal appeals court to declare the league's three-month lockout illegal. and a principal in houston had to eat earthworms after losing a bet with her students. the preschool through third graders read more than

28,000 books this year. that was inspired by the book "how to eat fried worms." i hope she got some salt and pepper there. >> an episode of "survivor." >> this was not my school in houston. >> i would have read a lot of books to get my teacher to do that. now, let's talk about the weather and jackie meretsky. >> we have the threat of aggressive storms later this afternoon, once the heat starts cooking everything up. really, from des moines, iowa, into western pennsylvania. again, this will be an afternoon and evening event. some big cities in the mix there, including chicago and detroit. now, let's take a look at this. we haven't seen this yet this season. the hurricane season started june 1st for the atlantic. and right now, what you're looking at is a broad area of low pressure, about 100 miles south of jamaica. but the national weather service is saying there's a medium chance this could become a tropical cyclone in the next two days or so. so, something to keep

today's weather report has been brought to you by las vegas. bianna and dan? >> thanks, jackie. coming up on "good morning america," the dog whisperers in monks robes. why people across the country send their dogs to these guys to have them converted. a lot of love in your world this week. "your week in three words," coming up. ♪

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♪ l-o-v-e ♪ that's it. i can't do the show without holding a dog anymore, after i saw that german shepherd. we have a little friend here on set. we're going to go to that story now. a little saintly and a little naughty. unlike dan, i'm a dog person. and i heard great things about a group of very special dog trainers in upstate new york. the monks of new skete have been breeding dogs and training them

for more than 30 years. take a look. ♪ they are the sounds of true devotion. the ringing bells. [ bells tolling ] the call to prayer. ♪ let us pray to the lord >> reporter: and the silence. here, nestled in the woods of upstate new york, these monks have two calling. one to the big man above. and one to these little guys below. >> come on, puppies. let's go. >> reporter: the monks of new skete are the true dog whisperers. owners across the country, send their dogs here to be converted. from unruly rascals to heavenly saints. >> i need to be focussed on that dog in a singular way. and so, it demands, that dog calls out at that moment, my skills as a trainer. i try to respond to what the circumstances call for. >> reporter: the brothers'

special bond with man's best friend dates back 40 years, when a shepherd moved into the monastery. they soon learned that the skills that make them such good monks, patience and perseverance, also make them good trainers. >> this is mochi, who's been here approximately 2 1/2 weeks. she came in because she was all puppy. okay? the owners had no control over her. >> reporter: the brothers have been working with her to learn to calm down and obey. sitting, standing and lying down. >> i want her to walk politely on leash first. >> reporter: way to go. >> very good. >> reporter: now, the true test on how much this puppy has learned. i want to take mochi home with me. it was my turn to put mochi through the paces. >> we want to test her responsiveness to someone she has never met. >> reporter: sit. good girl. and scratch. mochi, down. and watch this. mochi doesn't even blink. when her owners come to pick her

up, they'll find a dog transformed. what's usually the first thing you hear out of the owners' mouth? >> that's not my dog. that's not my dog. but it is my dog. and i'm delighted. >> reporter: here, the monks also breed these immaculate pups, german shepherds, their specialty. so well-trained, there's a waiting list for years. the best part of my day. >> you can hold her. >> reporter: precious. oh, yes. how is this not the most adorable creature in the world? this little girl, about 7 weeks old, is only 1 week away from going to her new owner. >> i've got to tell you, you're going to be frisked before you leave, to be sure you don't have in your knapsack -- >> reporter: i don't know what you're talking about. i only spent an afternoon here. but i'm already feeling the tug of taking one of these little ones home. she's too cute.

>> i think people, regardless of their religious background, sort of intuitively sense a spiritual connection with their dogs. that's why dogs are man's best friend. and brother christopher joins us now. he and the monks of new skete wrote "the art of raising a puppy." we have three animals here from the humane society. >> just pick him up and hold him. he's going to be a little wiggly. and just pet him. >> look how still yours is, though. and this is the art that you've developed, this relationship between animals and the spirituality. tell us a little more about that. >> the monastery has been working with dogs for 40 years. and one of the things we've continued to find is dogs have the possibility of touching us on deep levels. and when we participate in the relationship with them, nurture it, bring it to fruition, the human beings are enriched, as well. and it just seems that we've

gotten some very important spiritual lessons out of our work with dogs. >> symbiotic relationships, indeed. for people who want to buy a new puppy from you and they come in, what are the first tips you give them to raise them to be obedient dogs? >> the first thing is they have to assume proper responsibility and leadership. we would suggest preparing to receive this new dog into their home. reading a couple of books, perhaps looking locally to see where they might get some help. but with that sort of a foundation, they can work daily with a dog, to teach this basic, ordinary manners like sit, stay and down. the idea is to use the training to include the dogs in your life. that's what you really want to do. training isn't just simply teaching five or six -- >> better relationship.

>> yes. it's about the relationship. training is a gateway to a deeper relationship with your dog. >> and we should note that your three-week training program is vigorous and intense. they don't allow the owners to call their pets. they can't check in on them. >> it's canine boot camp. >> they come back new animals, right? >> they do. >> thank you, brother. we really appreciate it. >> thank you for inviting me on. >> a pleasure to have you. >> it's a delight to be here. and there's maynard. we'll be right back. when you've had one too many days feeling sad or anxious... aches and pains, fatigue. when it becomes hard to ignore that you need help. that's the day you do something. depression hurts. cymbalta can help with many symptoms of depression. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, you have unusual changes in behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults.

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we want to say that all the dogs we had on set from the humane society of new york, including maynard here. they're all up for adoption. david muir is back with "world news" later today. thanks for joining us. good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. does not feel like june. let's get an explanation. here is jeff martinez. >> very wet record-breaking june rainfall-wise. wow, this is incredible.

the raindrops right there and we've seen half an inch in the city and that breaks a 77-year-old record and the day is not over. we'll see more rain. a lot of it going on across the bay area. unusual for this time of the year. all the way from cloverdale stretching down to san jose, light to moderate showers, darker green areas, heavier showers and the yellow you see here, it is really coming down. we've seen more than an inch to two inches in the santa cruz mountains and this inland getting ready to move on shore. throughout the morning hours heaviest amounts of rain and a little bit of a break by this afternoon before another round hits tomorrow. monterey, heavy rain going on through santa cruz. you get the idea here. we'll be socked in throughout the day. heavy rain on and off, showers and thunderstorms possible through this right through

tomorrow. we'll get a break by monday afternoon. temperatures in the 50s, should make it up to lower 60s and mid-60s. very impressive, very slow moving. we will be talking about this the next 24-48 hours. that is the latest forecast. try and stay dry. >> thanks very much. >> next a firefighter clings to life after a tragedy killed his colleague and new information what went wrong in diamond heights. keep it right on "abc 7 news."